"You've got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these
women," he told the person, who was not named, Woodward reported.
"If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you're dead.
That was a big mistake you made. You didn't come out guns blazing
and just challenge them. You showed weakness. You've got to be
strong. You've got to be aggressive. You've got to push back
hard. You've got to deny anything that's said about you. Never
admit."

Woodward, of Watergate fame, included that reporting in a
section of the book on Trump's relationship with his wife,
Melania. Woodward wrote that Melania's primary concern was the
couple's son, Barron.

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Business Insider obtained a copy of the book, published by
Simon & Schuster and set to be released Tuesday.

"She's obsessed with Barron," one person told Woodward. "That is
her focus 100%."

Woodward wrote that those who traveled with Trump regularly
noticed that the couple shares a sincere affection, though
Melania operated independently from Trump.

"They ate dinner together at times, spent some time together; but
they never really seemed to merge their lives," Woodward wrote.

Trump has publicly defended members of his staff and prominent
Republicans who have been accused of wrongdoing by women. Trump
stood up for former staff secretary Rob Porter, who was accused
of spousal abuse by both of his ex-wives. They provided The Daily
Mail with photographic evidence they said backed up their claims,
which Porter has denied.

Trump also defended former Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore,
who was running for an Alabama vacancy and was accused of
engaging in sexual misconduct with teenagers when he was in his
30s.

Trump himself has faced accusations of sexual misconduct more
than a dozen women during the 2016 presidential election. Trump
denied those claims and insisted the women were lying.

Trump has taken aim at the Woodward book, repeatedly slamming it
as "fiction" and "a scam" on Twitter.